Table 2 health care use of the homeless people: descriptive and univariable results (total n homeless: 121)
From: Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent
Had contact with GP | Total n | Had contact with ED | Total n | Had contact with secondary care | Total n | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | P* | n (%) | P* | n (%) | P* | ||||
Sex | 0,151 | 121 | 0,507 | 121 | 0,274 | ||||
Male | 63 (80,8) | 29 (87,9) | 30 (78,9) | ||||||
Female | 15 (19.2) | 4 (152,1) | 8 (21,1) | ||||||
Age | 0,693 | 120 | 0,466 | 121 | 0,171 | ||||
18-29 | 24 (31,2) | 12 (36,4) | 12 (31,6)15 (39,5) | ||||||
30-39 | 20 (26,0) | 11 (33,3) | 7 (18,4) | ||||||
40-49 | 20 (26,0) | 5 (15,2) | 4 (10,5) | ||||||
50-59 | 11 (14,3) | 4 (12,1) | 0 (0,0) | ||||||
60-65 | 2 (2,6) | 1 (30,0) | |||||||
Educational level | 0,621 | 121 | 0,740 | 121 | 0,274 | ||||
No education/primary school | 3 (7,9) | ||||||||
lower education | 11 (14,1) | 6 (18,2) | |||||||
Lower vocational school | 15 (19,2) | 7 (21,2) | 9 (23,7) | ||||||
Higher vocational school | 46 (59,0) | 19 (57,6) | 25 (65,8) | ||||||
Higher education/University | 6 (7,7) | 1 (3,0) | 1 (2,6) | ||||||
Nationality | 0,344 | 121 | 0,827 | 121 | 0,989 | ||||
Belgian | 66 (84,6) | 29 (87,9) | 33 (86,8) | ||||||
Non-Belgian | 12 (15,4) | 4 (12,1) | 5 (13,2) | ||||||
Subjective health perception | 0,019 | 121 | 0,116 | ||||||
Good or very good | 41 (52,6) | 19 (50,0) | |||||||
Fair, bad or very bad | 37 (47,4) | 19 (50,0) | |||||||
Current smoker | 0,426 | 113 | 0,683 | 113 | 0,257 | ||||
Yes | 64 (87,7) | 28 (87,5) | 33 (94,3) | ||||||
Type of GP practice | 0,396 | 76 | 0,647 | 76 | 0,629 | ||||
Single handed | 19 (31,7) | 8 (44,4) | 10 (40,0) | ||||||
Two handed | 5 (8,3) | 1 (5,6) | 1 (4,0) | ||||||
Group practice | 36 (60) | 9 (50,0) | 14 (56,0) |